- Date
- June 19, 1985, 17:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Pierce, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5033TPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850619037679I
- Case key
- 31291
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - runway
Gear extension - not performedCause
Checklist - inadequateCause
Supervision - poorCause
Procedures/directives - inadequateCause
InattentiveCause
Analysis
The landing check list was not properly followed and both pilots neglected to extend the landing gear in preparation for landing
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5033T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7235180
- Airframe hours
- 7,422
- Engine
- Lycoming I0360 CIC, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flight Safety Int'L,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 1985 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- VRB · Vero Beach, FL
- Airport
- FPR · St. Lucie County Intern., runway 14, 5,000 × 200 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,390 total · 397 in this make and model · 2,712 as pilot in command · 292 in the last 90 days · 95 in the last 30 days · 60 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 82 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.